{"slug": "beeper", "name": "Beeper", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "", "recommenders": 8, "commenters": 14, "warners": 2, "score": 6.311, "rising": -1.29, "first": "2025-11-28", "latest": "2026-10-26", "why": "Beeper does a great job at this. I use it for all my IM needs.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 8, "neutral": 3, "compare": 1, "warn": 2}, "spark": [0, 1, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Beeper does a great job at this. 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I had to go search my friends shares by typing the artist and song into tidal because most of the", "context": "", "use_case": "unified messaging", "switched_from": "", "story": "10 Alternatives to your everyday aps"}, {"id": 782416288, "item_id": 48901018, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901018", "by": "kaladin-jasnah", "date": "2026-07-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I used Beeper for a while, and I had no issues with it", "excerpt": "Yeah, I would agree. To be honest, I used Beeper for a while, and I had no issues with it, despite at least the client being similar to Element.", "context": "", "use_case": "Matrix chat client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended"}, {"id": 782158672, "item_id": 48884917, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884917", "by": "fragmede", "date": "2026-07-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Have you tried Beeper?", "excerpt": "Pidgin had it so good. Have you tried Beeper? https://www.beeper.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Unified messaging across chat apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media"}, {"id": 761789104, "item_id": 47611819, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611819", "by": "e12e", "date": "2026-04-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Allows me to use Instagram messages without the app", "excerpt": "Not sure what this app does for Facebook - but I'm a quite happy user of: https://www.beeper.com/ Allows me to use Instagram messages without the app - as well as (Facebook/meta) Messenger (and others). I do wish they had a \"support us\" subscription tier, as I think the base price is a little steep - and I don't really need any of the paid features. Maybe something around the third or quarter the price. I would hope ", "context": "", "use_case": "Unified messaging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Dull \u2013 Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)"}, {"id": 760709728, "item_id": 47544358, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47544358", "by": "iamnothere", "date": "2026-03-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Or use something like Beeper (works on Linux)", "excerpt": "If you \u201cmust\u201d use those then keep a phone off in a drawer and turn it on once a day to keep in touch. If those people won\u2019t allow you to be offline from time to time and aren\u2019t willing to switch communication methods as an alternative, maybe it\u2019s not a symmetrical relationship. Or use something like Beeper (works on Linux): https://www.beeper.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "unified messaging app", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hong Kong Police Can Now Demand Phone Passwords Under New Security Rules"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 791450688, "item_id": 49465668, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465668", "by": "Miyamura80", "date": "2026-08-27", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "the Beeper MCP server requires the Beeper desktop app running locally and cannot connect via cloud agents", "excerpt": "Many members of our team were users of Beeper, a \"unified inbox\" for chat networks like WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, Slack, LinkedIn DMs, etc, and wanted to expose this to our agents. However, we quickly ran into the issue where the Beeper MCP server requires the Beeper desktop app running locally and cannot connect via cloud agents. This meant that any cloud/mobile agents (like Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Devin) not runnin", "context": "", "use_case": "unified chat inbox", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stdio MCP Tunnels: Connecting Mobile/Cloud Agents to iMsg/WhatsApp/Linkedin"}, {"id": 737337984, "item_id": 46083624, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083624", "by": "geoah", "date": "2025-11-28", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I love beeper and have been using it for a very long time at this point, but I wouldn\u2019t go as far as calling it a good client.", "excerpt": "I love beeper and have been using it for a very long time at this point, but I wouldn\u2019t go as far as calling it a good client. Whatsapp mentions don\u2019t work (just show the name of the mention to the other users), and polls or albums don\u2019t work. Messenger disconnects every couple of days at this point. Pasting links won\u2019t always expand. Attachments are always hit or miss. So many small other things. 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It rolls a lot of the big messaging apps into one.", "excerpt": "Beeper.com is promising. It rolls a lot of the big messaging apps into one. You can add 5 or 6 accounts under the free plan. I had a Tidal subscription for over a year. I love that they pay the artists way more. Unfortunately Tidal looks similar Spotify, but is somehow janky and less polished. Sharing music was a hassle. I had to go search my friends shares by typing the artist and song into tidal because most of the", "context": "", "use_case": "unified messaging", "switched_from": "", "story": "10 Alternatives to your everyday aps"}, {"id": 791450688, "item_id": 49465668, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49465668", "by": "Miyamura80", "date": "2026-08-27", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "the Beeper MCP server requires the Beeper desktop app running locally and cannot connect via cloud agents", "excerpt": "Many members of our team were users of Beeper, a \"unified inbox\" for chat networks like WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage, Slack, LinkedIn DMs, etc, and wanted to expose this to our agents. However, we quickly ran into the issue where the Beeper MCP server requires the Beeper desktop app running locally and cannot connect via cloud agents. This meant that any cloud/mobile agents (like Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Devin) not runnin", "context": "", "use_case": "unified chat inbox", "switched_from": "", "story": "Stdio MCP Tunnels: Connecting Mobile/Cloud Agents to iMsg/WhatsApp/Linkedin"}, {"id": 782416288, "item_id": 48901018, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48901018", "by": "kaladin-jasnah", "date": "2026-07-13", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I used Beeper for a while, and I had no issues with it", "excerpt": "Yeah, I would agree. To be honest, I used Beeper for a while, and I had no issues with it, despite at least the client being similar to Element.", "context": "", "use_case": "Matrix chat client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended"}, {"id": 782158672, "item_id": 48884917, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884917", "by": "fragmede", "date": "2026-07-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Have you tried Beeper?", "excerpt": "Pidgin had it so good. Have you tried Beeper? https://www.beeper.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Unified messaging across chat apps", "switched_from": "", "story": "Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media"}, {"id": 774769632, "item_id": 48423102, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48423102", "by": "adlk", "date": "2026-06-06", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Not necessarily true but buried in their FAQ section", "excerpt": "> Beeper is completely free Not necessarily true but buried in their FAQ section https://www.beeper.com/faq#how-much-does-beeper-cost-to-use", "context": "", "use_case": "Unified messaging app", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ten Years of Franz"}, {"id": 761789104, "item_id": 47611819, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47611819", "by": "e12e", "date": "2026-04-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Allows me to use Instagram messages without the app", "excerpt": "Not sure what this app does for Facebook - but I'm a quite happy user of: https://www.beeper.com/ Allows me to use Instagram messages without the app - as well as (Facebook/meta) Messenger (and others). I do wish they had a \"support us\" subscription tier, as I think the base price is a little steep - and I don't really need any of the paid features. Maybe something around the third or quarter the price. I would hope ", "context": "", "use_case": "Unified messaging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Dull \u2013 Instagram Without Reels, YouTube Without Shorts (iOS)"}, {"id": 760709728, "item_id": 47544358, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47544358", "by": "iamnothere", "date": "2026-03-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Or use something like Beeper (works on Linux)", "excerpt": "If you \u201cmust\u201d use those then keep a phone off in a drawer and turn it on once a day to keep in touch. If those people won\u2019t allow you to be offline from time to time and aren\u2019t willing to switch communication methods as an alternative, maybe it\u2019s not a symmetrical relationship. Or use something like Beeper (works on Linux): https://www.beeper.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "unified messaging app", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hong Kong Police Can Now Demand Phone Passwords Under New Security Rules"}, {"id": 755708896, "item_id": 47231806, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47231806", "by": "Natfan", "date": "2026-03-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "may i recommend beeper.com?", "excerpt": "if you're just using meta platforms for the chat functionality, may i recommend beeper.com?", "context": "", "use_case": "Unified chat app", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: uBlock filter list to blur all Instagram Reels"}, {"id": 753140992, "item_id": 47071312, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47071312", "by": "zbycz", "date": "2026-02-19", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "It seems the latter is true since it shows my chat history and DMA does not include that.", "excerpt": "Thanks for your comment, I assumed that Beeper uses the DMA API [1], but I couldn't find if they really do, or they are just faking requests \"like from official app\". It seems the latter is true since it shows my chat history and DMA does not include that. [1] https://engineering.fb.com/2024/03/06/security/whatsapp-messenger-messaging-interoperability-eu/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026"}, {"id": 752866081, "item_id": 47054130, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47054130", "by": "footy", "date": "2026-02-17", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Beeper now", "excerpt": "I use Beeper now, but Pidgin was really top tier software. It was my favourite piece of software for a long time.", "context": "", "use_case": "multi-network chat", "switched_from": "Pidgin", "story": "Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026"}, {"id": 752844192, "item_id": 47052762, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47052762", "by": "someotherperson", "date": "2026-02-17", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "You can still use Beeper[0] and similar", "excerpt": "You can still use Beeper[0] and similar. The key issue with this type of application is that some networks have put more resources to detecting them and gotten more hostile to users of it - mostly those who tie ad revenue directly to messaging (although officially it's to avoid spam + detect compromised accounts). [0] https://www.beeper.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Meta to retire messenger desktop app and messenger.com in April 2026"}, {"id": 748817890, "item_id": 46801118, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46801118", "by": "darrenf", "date": "2026-01-28", "version": null, "stance": "compare", "quote": "", "excerpt": "There is legislation in the EU, and BirdyChat announced compatibility. https://www.birdy.chat/blog/first-to-interoperate-with-whatsapp", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Rust at Scale: An Added Layer of Security for WhatsApp"}, {"id": 738368224, "item_id": 46148014, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46148014", "by": "pjerem", "date": "2025-12-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Beeper does a great job at this. I use it for all my IM needs.", "excerpt": "Beeper does a great job at this. I use it for all my IM needs.", "context": "", "use_case": "Multi-network messaging", "switched_from": "", "story": "Imo.im \u2013 Instant Messenger"}, {"id": 737337984, "item_id": 46083624, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083624", "by": "geoah", "date": "2025-11-28", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "I love beeper and have been using it for a very long time at this point, but I wouldn\u2019t go as far as calling it a good client.", "excerpt": "I love beeper and have been using it for a very long time at this point, but I wouldn\u2019t go as far as calling it a good client. Whatsapp mentions don\u2019t work (just show the name of the mention to the other users), and polls or albums don\u2019t work. Messenger disconnects every couple of days at this point. Pasting links won\u2019t always expand. Attachments are always hit or miss. So many small other things. Still love it.", "context": "", "use_case": "multi-protocol chat client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Molly: An Improved Signal App"}]}